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Vestigia Rerum Sequi, 



PHILADELPHIA: 

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY. 

1865. 



THE LIBRARY 

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HENRY B. ASHMEAD, PRINTER 



FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIETY. 

ARTHUR G. COFFIN, 
JOSEPH J. MICKLEY, 
WILLIAM S. VAUX, 
JOHN BOHLEN, 
MARK W. COLLET, M.D., 
J. LEDYARD HODGE, 
SAMUEL H. FULTON, 
MONTGOMERY L. FREDERICK, 
ALFRED B. TAYLOR. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1865, 

President, ...... JOSEPH J. MICKLEY. 

First Vice President, . . WM. P. CHANDLER. 

Second Vice President, . . WILLIAM S. VAUX. 

Recording Secretary, . . ALFRED B. TAYLOR. 

Corresponding Secretary, . EMIL CAUFFMAN. 

Treasurer, HENRY PHILLIPS, Jr. 

Librarian, WILLIAM J. JENKS. 

Curator, WILLIAM S. VAUX. 



CHARTER. 



AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NUMISMATIC 
SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in 
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
of the same: That Joseph J. Mickley, Arthur G. Coffin, 
Alfred B. Taylor, Mark W. Collet, William S. Vaux, John 
Bohlen, Samuel H. Fulton, J. Ledyard Hodge, Montgomery 
L. Frederick, and their associates and successors, shall be and 
they are hereby created and constituted a body corporate by the 
name, style and title of "The Numismatic Society of Phila- 
delphia." The object of this corporation shall be the collec- 
tion of coins and medals, for the purpose of holding the same 
for scientific purposes, and the said corporation shall not buy, 
sell or deal in any coin or money for the purpose of gain, and 
by that name shall have perpetual succession, shall be able to 
make contracts relative to the said Institution, to sue and be 
sued, and shall be capable in law and equity of taking, purchas- 
ing, receiving, holding and conveying any estate, real, personal 
or mixed, for the use and benefit of the said Society or body 
politic. Provided, That the clear yearly value or income of 
the estate, real, personal or mixed, of the Society, shall not at 
any time exceed the sum of six thousand dollars. 

Section 2. That the said Society shall consist of resident 
members, of corresponding members, and honorary members, 
who shall all be elected under such rules and upon such terms 



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as the Society may establish ; that the right of voting, of hold- 
ing office, and of transacting business, shall be confined solely 
to resident members. 

Section 3. That the officers of the Society shall consist of 
a President and such other officers as may in the opinion of the 
Society be considered necessary and proper for the accomplish- 
ment of its objects ; that all of these officers shall be elected 
annually by the Society, but if such annual election shall not be 
held at the stated time, the Society shall not thereby be dis- 
solved, but the existing officers shall continue in office until 
others are elected. 

Section 4. That it may and shall be lawful for the Society 
to have a common seal, and to change the same at pleasure; 
and also to establish and put in execution such by-laws, rules 
and regulations as may be deemed necessary and convenient for 
the government of the said Society. Provided, the same are 
not contrary to this charter or the Constitution and laws of the 
United States, or of this Commonwealth. 

A. BROWER LONGAKER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

WILLIAM H, WELSH, 

Speaker of the Senate. 

Approved the nineteenth day of February, Anno Domini 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. 

WILLIAM F. PACKER. 



A SUPPLEMENT TO 

AN ACT INCORPORATING THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF 
PHILADELPHIA, APPROVED FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, ANNO 
DOMINI ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY- 
EIGHT. 

Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in 
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
of the same: That the name, style and title of "The Numisma- 
tic Society of Philadelphia" be and the same is hereby changed, 
and the said corporation shall hereafter be known as "The Nu- 
mismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia," whose objects 
shall be to encourage and promote numismatic science and 
antiquarian research, with all the rights, privileges and immuni- 
ties, and subject to all the restrictions not herein modified, of 
the act incorporating said Numismatic Society of Philadelphia. 

A. G. OLMSTEAD, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

WM. J. TURRELL, 

Speaker of the Senate. 

Approved the twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one 
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. 

A. G. CURTIN. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 



This Society shall be called "The Numismatic and Antiqua- 
rian Society of Philadelphia." Its object shall be to encourage 
and promote numismatic science and antiquarian research. 



ARTICLE II. 

The Society shall consist of resident members, corresponding 
members, and honorary members. 



ARTICLE III. 

The officers of the Society shall be a President, one or more 
resident Vice Presidents, an honorary Vice President for such 
other of the United States as the Society may from time to time 
determine, not to exceed one for each State, a Recording Secre- 
tary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, an Historiogra- 
pher, one or more Curators, and a Librarian, all of whom shall 
be elected annually, at the stated meeting in December. 



ARTICLE IV. 

The Society shall have a common seal. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE V. 



The right of voting, of holding offices, and of transacting 
business, lies solely with the resident members. Honorary and 
corresponding members shall have all other privileges of resident 
members. 



ARTICLE VI. 

The Society may establish such By-Laws for its government 
and regulation as may be deemed necessary and proper. 



ARTICLE VII. 

No change shall be made in this Constitution unless by a vote 
of three-fourths of the members present at a stated meeting, 
notice of such proposed change having been submitted in 
writing at a previous stated meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



CHAPTER I. 

OF OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 

Article I. — The President shall occupy the chair at the 
meetings of the Society, enforce the laws, preserve order, regu- 
late the debates, and nominate all committees other than those 
specially excepted. He shall give the casting vote when 
necessary. 

Article II. — In the absence of the President, a Vice Presi- 
dent, or in the absence of all, a President pro tempore, shall 
occupy the chair and perform the duties of the President. 

Article III. — The Recording Secretary shall take and pre- 
serve correct minutes of the proceedings of the Society, pre- 
serve all documents belonging thereto that may come into his 
possession, notify all committees of their appointment, and keep 
a correct list of the members of the Society, with the date of 
their election, resignation or death. 

Article IV. — The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct 
and preserve the correspondence of the Society, notify all 
members of their election, and acknowledge all donations by 
letter. He shall keep correct copies of all letters written on 
the business of the Society, and shall read a minute of his 
transactions at each stated meeting. 

Article V. — The Treasurer shall receive and take charge 
of the funds of the Society, and attend to the collection and 
payment of monies. But no payments shall be made by him 



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except on an order from the President, countersigned by the 
Recording Secretary. He shall keep a clear and detailed state- 
ment of all receipts and expenditures, to be laid before the 
Society annually, at its stated meeting in January, and when 
called upon by the Society. He shall take charge of the com- 
mon seal of the Society, and also of the certificates of member- 
ship, and have them filled up, signed, sealed and forwarded to 
members. 

Article VI. — The Historiographer shall collect and pre- 
serve materials for a history of the Society, and for biographies 
of its members, and whenever deemed advisable by the Society, 
shall prepare the same for publication. 



CHAPTER II. 

OF MEMBERS. 

Article I. — Any candidate must be proposed in writing by 
two members at one stated meeting, and may be balloted for at 
the next stated meeting of the Society, when two negative votes 
shall defeat his election. 

Article II. — No person residing in Philadelphia can be 
chosen a corresponding member; nor shall any corresponding 
member continue such after he shall have removed permanently 
to Philadelphia. In such case a re-election is not necessary, but 
the corresponding member becomes liable for the annual contri- 
bution. He shall also sign the obligation as a resident member, 
and be entitled to all the privileges of a resident member. 

Article III. — No resident member shall be entitled to the 
privileges of membership until he shall have paid the initiation 
fee, and signed the following obligation: 

In becoming a member of the Numismatic and Antiquarian 
Society of Philadelphia, I promise to conform to its Constitution, 
laws and regulations; and in testimorvymereof I do hereunto 
subscribe my name. 

Article IV. — If any mefrToeT'eiecT shall* not "comply with 



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the requirements of the preceding article (No. III.), within six 
months from the date of his election, such election shall be 
void. 

Article V. — The Society shall grant to each member a cer- 
tificate of membership. 

Article VI. — If any person shall be balloted for and rejected, 
or his name shall be withdrawn previous to the ballot, no note of 
said rejection or withdrawal shall be made on the minutes of the 
Society. 

Article VII. — No person thus rejected shall again be pro- 
posed before the expiration of a year, nor shall any one whose 
name has been withdrawn previous to the ballot be again pro- 
posed before the expiration of six months from said withdrawal, 
and then must be balloted for by unanimous consent of the 
Society. 

Article VIII. — All such persons as shall in the opinion of 
the Society merit that distinction, may, on the recommendation 
of three members, be proposed in writing as candidates for 
honorary membership at one stated meeting, and be balloted for 
at the next stated meeting, when a unanimous vote shall be 
necessary to an election. 

Article IX. — The Director of the United States Mint shall 
u ex officio" be an honorary member of this Society. 



CHAPTER III. 

OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS. 

Article I. — Every resident member elect shall pay to the 
Treasurer an initiation fee of five dollars, and a diploma fee of 
W£ a dollar. 

Article II. — Every resident member shall pay annually to 
the Treasurer, on or before the first of July, a contribution of 

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moving permanently from the city shall become corresponding 
members, and shall be relieved from further annual contribu- 
tions to the Society. 

Article III. — Any member may become a life member of 
the Society by a contribution of tenirtpdi^^dollars, which pay- 
ment shall exonerate him from all further pecuniary contribu- 
tions to the Society. 

Article IV. — No member shall be entitled to vote at the 
annual election of officers, unless he can exhibit to the tellers a 
receipt in full for all arrearages due by him to the Society. 

Article V. — No pecuniary contributions shall be required 
from Honorary Vice Presidents, or from corresponding members, 

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Article VI. — Any donation to the Society shall have the 
name of the donor attached to it, which shall be registered in 
the catalogues. 



CHAPTER IV. 

OF RESIGNATIONS AND EXPULSIONS. 

Article I. — Any member shall have leave to resign upon 
application in writing, provided he can produce a certificate from 
the Treasurer that all arrearages due from him to the Society 
have been discharged. 

Article II. — A member may be expelled from the Society 
for sufficient cause, by a vote of three-fourths of the members 
at a stated meeting, notice of the intention of the Society to 
consider the subject of expulsion of a member having been 
given at a previous stated meeting. 

Article III. — No member shall be expelled without having 
an opportunity of being heard in his own defence, and any 
member thus expelled shall under no circumstances be received 
as a candidate for re-election. 



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CHAPTER V. 



OF STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Article I. — Trie Standing Committees of the Society shall 
each be composed of three resident members, who shall be 
elected annually at the stated meeting in December, and shall be 
as follows: — 

1. On Numismatics, which committee shall include a 
Curator. 

2. On Antiquities, which committee shall include a Curator. 

3. On Library, which committee shall include the Librarian. 
■4. On Hall. ' 

CHAPTER VI. 

OF LIBRARY. 

Article I. — The Librarian shall take charge of all books 
and pamphlets belonging to the Society, and shall report on the 
condition of the same annually at the stated meeting in January. 

Article II. — The Librarian shall make out two copies of a 
catalogue of all books and pamphlets belonging to the Society ; 
adding thereto the title in full of each one as received. When 
books are presented to the Society, the name of the donor shall 
be inserted in the catalogues, together with the date of the gift. 

Article III. — One of the catalogues so made out shall be 
open to the inspection of members, and the other shall be 
placed in the archives of the Society. 

Article IV. — Members of the Society alone shall have 
access to the Library, and no work shall be loaned from the 
room on any account whatever, unless by an affirmative vote of 
three-fourths of the members present at the stated meeting when 
an application is made. 

Article V. — The Librarian shall be responsible for all 
works committed to his charge. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

OF CABINET. 

Article I. — The Curator shall take charge of the Cabinet, 
together with all specimens that may, by donation or otherwise, 
come into the possession of the Society, and shall report on the 
condition of the Cabinet annually at the stated meeting in January. 

Article II. — The Curator shall make out two copies of a 
catalogue of all specimens belonging to the Society, adding 
thereto a description of each specimen as received. When 
specimens are presented to the Society, the name of the donor 
shall be inserted in the catalogues, together with the date of the gift. 

Article III. — One of the catalogues so made out shall be 
open to the inspection of members, and the other shall be placed 
in the archives of the Society. 

Article IV. — No specimen belonging to the Society shall 
be loaned from the room under any pretence or for any purpose 
whatever, and no moulds or models of specimens shall be taken 
without the consent of the Society. 

Article V. — The Curator alone shall have liberty to open 
the Cabinet, and shall be responsible for all articles committed 
to his charge. 

Article VI. — All specimens in the Cabinet must tfe pro 
perly labelled by the Curator, as far as practicable. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

OF MEETINGS. 

Article I. — The stated meetings of the Society shall be held 
on the first Thursday evening of each month, at hours fixed 
from time to time by the Society. 

Article PI. — Special meetings may be called by resolution 
of the Society, by public notice from the President, or at the 
request of three members in writing. 



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BY-LAWS. 



Article III. — At a special meeting, after the minutes of the 
preceding meeting shall have been read, the meeting shall imme- 
diately proceed to the consideration of the business for which it 
was specially convened, and no other business shall be brought 
before the Society at such special meeting. 

Article IV. — The order of business at stated meetings 
shall be: — 

i. Members present noted by the Secretary. 

2. Minutes of the last meeting read and adopted. 

3. Unfinished business. 

4. Donations received. 

5. Written communications. 

6. Verbal communications. 

7. New business. 

8. Members elected. 

9. Rough minutes read. 
10. Adjournment. 

Article V. — Five members shall constitute a quorum. 



CHAPTER IX. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Article I. — In all such points of order as are not noticed in 
these By-Laws, the Society is to be governed by the established 
usages in similar institutions. 

Article II. — Every proposition to alter or amend these 
By-Laws shall be submitted in writing at one stated meeting, 
and may be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when, upon 
receiving the votes of two-thirds of the members present, it 
shall become a part of the By-Laws. 

Article III. — No one or more of these By-Laws shall be 
suspended. ' 






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